Specimen imaging device and methods for use thereof

摘要

A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.

主权项

1. An apparatus for positionably retaining a tissue specimen, comprising:
a first positioning member comprising a first frame member and a first at least partially elastically deformable sheet member, wherein the first frame member defines a first opening therein, and wherein the first sheet member is interconnected to the first frame member and spans the first opening; and a second positioning member comprising a second frame member and a second at least partially elastically deformable sheet member, wherein the second frame member defines a second opening therein, wherein the second sheet member is interconnected to the second frame member and spans the second opening, and wherein the first frame member and second frame member are positionable to allow the first and second sheet members to elastically deform about opposite portions of a tissue specimen to retain the tissue specimen therebetween and suspend the tissue specimen within the first and second openings when the first and second frame members are fixedly positioned relative to each other.